KENOSHA — Plans are underway for this year's Juneteenth celebration in Kenosha, which will highlight empowering youth.
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Hundreds gather at Lincoln Park for Juneteenth celebration in Kenosha
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Anaya Anderson reacts as she is announced as Miss Juneteenth 2025 at Saturday's program in Kenosha's Lincoln Park. Anderson, an early graduate of Bradford High School, said she will be attending Alabama State University in the fall to study biomedical engineering.
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Miss Juneteenth 2024 Joi Langston introduces herself to the crowd at the Kenosha Juneteenth festivities on Saturday. Behind her are Jada Monet Robinson, left, and Saiid Robinson, 2021 Miss and Mister Juneteenth and Zachariah Jackson, Mister Juneteenth 2024.
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Earl Thompson of Milwaukee's Nefertari African Dance and Drum Company plays the djambe drum in Lincoln Park's garden during Juneteenth festivities.
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Zachariah Jackson places the crown on the head of Talib Young who was named Mister Juneteenth 2025 Saturday on the Lincoln Park stage as contestants Ephrates Willis, left, and Narita Cole, look on.
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Women line up to do the “fan dance” during Saturday’s Juneteenth festivities in Lincoln Park.
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Dr. Sandra Underwood, left, receives a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of Saturday's Juneteenth event at Lincoln Park in Kenosha.
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Unique Prater, left, Jada Moné Robinson and Co'Ji Campbell look on as Joi Langston, Miss Juneteenth 2024, gives a welcoming hug to newly crowned Anaya Anderson, Miss Juneteenth 2025 at Saturday's Juneteenth program. To her right is Ephrates Willis. Prater, Campbell and Willis along with Narita Cole, not pictured, were finalists in the pageant.
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The Nefertari Dance and Drum Company of Milwaukee entertains the crowd at the 2025 Juneteenth festivities in Kenosha's Lincoln Park. This year's events open with a proclamation ceremony on Friday, June 19, and the festival on Saturday, June 20.
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Dr. Sandra Underwood, center, receives a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of Saturday's Juneteenth event at Lincoln Park in Kenosha.
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Anaya Anderson, left, poses for photos with Talib Young after they are crowned Miss and Mister Juneteenth at Saturday’s program.
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Kenosha native Landon McKinnis, whose innovative circular razor landed him on Shark Tank and an offer to invest in his product, received this year's Entrepreneur of the Year Award, at Saturday's Juneteenth ceremonies.
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Visitors enjoy free horseback riding offered by the Black Cowboy and Buffalo Soldier Association of Milwaukee during Kenosha’s Juneteenth at Lincoln Park on Saturday.
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Talib Young, crowned Mister Juneteenth 2025 on Saturday, is flanked by Narita Cole, a Miss Juneteenth contestant, left, and Zachariah Jackson, Mister Juneteenth 2024.
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Talib Young adjust his crown after being named Mister Juneteenth 2025 on Saturday.
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Miss Juneteenth 2024 Joi Langston, left foreground, approaches Anaya Anderson with a new crown as Anderson is named Miss Juneteenth 2025. Jada Moné Robinson Miss Juneteenth 2021, directly behind her removes her tiara so Langston can place the new crown on her head at Saturday's Juneteenth program in Lincoln Park. The 2026 winners will be crowned on Saturday, June 20.
JUNETEENTH AT LINCOLN PARK - Impact Award winners
Impact Award winners Charles Chatman, represented by his sister Frances Chatman of Kenosha, second from the left, the Rev. Jozlynne Williams-Ivy of Kenosha’s Coleman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Actor C. Mattox Jr., military veteran and church member, at Saturday’s Juneteenth Celebration in Lincoln Park. They are flanked by Juneteenth organizers Charese Harris, far left, and Alvin Owens.
